Sometimes, we, the (born and quasi) Germans, may “fly among the clouds” while, remaining rational and prudent; meaning, sometimes, we remain focused at our creative efforts to materialize effective solutions to problems which made, almost, everyone else become overwhelmed by desperation, because of difficulties they are facing and prone to not even trying, to resolve them. The reason for this is, as follows.

During 1874, people were designing machines which were consuming energy in order to mechanically “push” material objects upwards, for lifting those objects. Gravity was producing the force which should become defeated in order for the load to climb higher.

Ferdinand von Zeppelin, at that time, thought that, within gravity's language framework, the problem of, “rising an object without applying directly mechanical force at that object”, was undecidable. Therefore, he resorted to the meta-language of “flotation” and resolved this problem by designing and developing the airship Zeppelin.

Relative to the positive example of the Zeppelin's achievement, remains the negative example of colonialism's hopeless efforts to excel, by employing the wrong instrumental means.

More specifically, from the Middle Ages and then, colonialists, systematically, extract and confiscate every blessing which, their colonies possess and then, “cloning” those blessings in order, for the colonialists to develope a relative, self-sufficiency. For example, we see this practice in, the synthetic diamonds, the fossil fuels, the science, the language, the arts, the technology, the information, the personal character, the intelligence, etc. For this endeavor to remain successful, the art of espionage has reached, almost outworldly, levels of development. The outcome of this “achievement” is that “every” (?) human blessing was forced to become eligible for a colonial “cloning”.

But, despite all this enforced “access” to the goods of the “others”, what happens to be the practical benefit of this conquering?

During the Middle Ages we see prevailing,

a mentality which hated everyone else

a mentality which considered as “enemy” everyone which was hating

a mentality which rushed to murder all “enemies”

a mentality which hated one's own self

a mentality which was unable to establish bilateral relationships, of any kind

a mentality which hadn't access to the joy of life

a mentality which was unable to feel gratitude for the sacred “gift” of life, herself

a mentality which was unable to feel respect for whoever happened to remain superior, from any aspect

a mentality which couldn't discriminate between, what is rights and what is wrong

a mentality which remained deprived from the blessing of empathy

etc.

Today, the prevailing mentality, how much, positively, progressed has become, using as a basis of measuring this, potential, progress, the Middle Ages' mentality?

With both, the currently available technology, and the technology which is going to become developed, somewhere in the near future, everything may become “cloned”, except, the Kindness; which is the substrate of every Good Will.

If, Kindness could become “cloned”, then, the colonialists, would had achieve it already and then, they would had “cloned” so much quantities of Kindness that, their countries, their people and themselves, literary, would have become “floating” on an “ocean” of happiness; which is not the present case, as we all know.

Even if, supposedly, in the future, the complete memory of the very best human beings there are, could ever become “cloned”; even if, supposedly, in the future, the complete personal character of the best human beings there are, could ever become “cloned”; etc., then, Kindness, as the ultimate and most precious mystery of our human kind, would, still, remain bound, exclusively, to the sacred core of the existence, exclusively, of those who earned, Kindness, the painful way.

The colonialists would have never invented the airship Zeppelin, as, they are, from what it seems, unable to resolve the fundamental problem of the “language's undecidability”.

Likewise, they are never going to earn the blessings of, Peace, Freedom, Cooperation and frugal Prosperity, because, they, perpetually, stubbornly, hopelessly and above all, unsuccessfully, attempt to “clone” the happiness of the “others”, by, “cloning”, exclusively, those forms which, constitute the mere consequences of, exclusively, the Kindness of “others”.

Metaphorically speaking, here in Germany, there are, almost, innumerable, able and proficient, German engineers and German pilots. Those engineers are able to build so many Zeppelins that, the sky above the cities of our world may become flooded with those airships. And then, those pilots could “fly”, everyone who has managed to comprehend that, his own pride, worths far less, than, being a humane human being, from the “geographical”, “emotional” and “spiritual” territories of hatred, and solitude, to the sacred lands of, Peace, Freedom, Cooperation and frugal Prosperity.

Concluding, I would like to clarify that, the metaphor of “Zeppelin”, ultimately, means that, the ways for resolving the most important problems of our human kind, according to my opinion, already exist, though, for becoming able to exploit those ways, the people have to, previously, realize the fact that, as everyone else, they do not know everything.

Christos Boumpoulis

economist

Appendix

A Zeppelin was a type of rigid airship named after the German CountFerdinand von Zeppelin (German pronunciation: [ˈt͡sɛpəliːn]) who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century. Zeppelin's notions were first formulated in 1874 and developed in detail in 1893. They were patented in Germany in 1895 and in the United States in 1899. After the outstanding success of the Zeppelin design, the word zeppelin came to be commonly used to refer to all rigid airships. Zeppelins were first flown commercially in 1910 by Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-AG (DELAG), the world's first airline in revenue service. By mid-1914, DELAG had carried over 10,000 fare-paying passengers on over 1,500 flights.

The term clone, invented by J. B. S. Haldane, is derived from the Ancient Greek word κλώνklōn, "twig", referring to the process whereby a new plant can be created from a twig. In horticulture, the spelling clon was used until the twentieth century; the final e came into use to indicate the vowel is a "long o" instead of a "short o". Since the term entered the popular lexicon in a more general context, the spelling clone has been used exclusively.

Within the discipline of psychology, various approaches to human intelligence have been adopted. The psychometric approach is especially familiar to the general public, as well as being the most researched and by far the most widely used in practical settings.

Kindness is a behavior marked by ethical characteristics, a pleasant disposition, and a concern for others. It is known as a virtue, and is recognized as a value in many cultures and religions (see ethics in religion). Aristotle, in Book II of his "Rhetoric", defines it as being "helpfulness towards someone in need, not in return for anything, nor for the advantage of the helper himself, but for that of the person helped". Nietzsche argued that kindness and love are the "most curative herbs and agents in human intercourse". Kindness is considered to be one of the Knightly Virtues. In Meher Baba's teachings, God is synonymous with kindness: "God is so kind that it is impossible to imagine His unbounded kindness!